This probably won’t do much to improve his chances in a congressional district drawn to pack in as many Democrats as possible. But the Cuyahoga County Republican Party has endorsed Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher of the Toledo area over opponent Steven Kraus of Huron in its congressional primary. If he wins March 6, he’ll have the opportunity to get crushed by whoever wins the Democratic primary between incumbents Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich, and political newcomer Graham Veysey in the new 9th district which stretches along the lake shore from western Cuyahoga County to Toledo.
Says Joe,
After meeting with both candidates in the 9th District Republican Primary race, the Scanning Committee recommended to the general body on Sunday morning that the endorsement go to Wurzelbacher. The Committee then heard from both candidates and entertained speeches from members in support and opposition to the recommendation. Former Committee Chairman Jim Trakas and candidates for State Representative Patricia Gascoyne spoke on behalf of Mr. Wurzelbacher. The Committee then overwhelmingly approved the endorsement for Wurzelbacher.
Wurzelbacher first rose to “fame” when he posed as a neutral questioner at an Obama campaign event in Toledo in 2008. His subsequent use of Tea Party-style language about Obama possibly being a “socialist” and his adoption as a mascot by the McCain campaign cast doubt on that. Since then he’s been trying to cash in on that initial burst of reality TV-style fame, signing with an agent, writing a book, and even threatening to become a country singer. And it looks like a futile run for Congress might be yet another attempt to beef up his personal bottom line. This afternoon the Plain Dealer is reporting that he’s paying himself a salary from his campaign funds. — Anastasia Pantsios
This article appears in Jan 25-31, 2012.
If he’d just show a little ‘plumber’s crack’ he might get some votes, but without some other gimmick to get peoples attention I don’t think he should have too high of hopes. But then I don’t think the whole republican party should have high hopes. They went through about a thousand candidates and each one came out a dudd, and then they settled on a race between Eye of Newt and Mitt the 1/4 billionaire who ‘earned every cent the ‘old fashioned, hard working way’. They debate like high school jocks (or worse) and fling more shit back and forth than a backed-up shit-bird. That anyone could even imagine either of these guys as the president of the USA shows you just how out of touch the republican party is right now. While they are absolutely and completely dellusional it might be a good time to try to get the goevernor thrown out of office so as Cleveland can return to at least a respectable rust bucket and not in the control of Dispatch and (now) the PD and that underwear business down there. I don’t need to take all of Ohio back, but I do want Cleveland back right now. This group of right wing fools have pushed us once too often and now they need to see why we are the most powerful city in Ohio…we don’t make billions selling underwear to teen age girls or by censoring anything other than flat horseshit. The PD sold out but I hope the scene has not. Liabilities is all main-stream media is worried about. That makes their ass easy to kick…they forgot how to report anything of controversy and investigation which is not sanctioned by their bean-counting lawyers. Like our very own MGK says, ‘time to lace up’, or like the irishman Danny G. said long before MGK, ‘Let’s dance’.
LOL, Mr. Plumber. I think you should stick with your day job. Cuyahoga County is a democratic county. You don’t stand a chance in Hell. I couldn’t agree more, Kenny, with your comments. Ka-sick has got to go. I’d love to wipe that damned smirk off his face.
Funny article about Joe the Lamo.
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I wrote a real good one and it got shit-canned.
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If the PD and Yahoo and now scene knew just how frustrated an artist gets when one of his/her essays gets shit-canned they would never allow it.
I do not edit or proof any of my comments and I do not print them so when someone’s censorship software takes something I wrote to the cyber junk pile I become more angry than an old guy should ever be.
I said thanks to Cheryl for reading my first post and then I wrote a nice piece to her. It got eaten and now it will never get delivered.
When the pony express falls short of delivery, it has failed and therefore trust has been violated. When a letter goes to the dead file and not returned to sender, the sender has lost all of her work. When the hard-drive of a PC gets an electrical jolt it takes messages with it which can only be retreived by the FBI or the CIA. Most which is lost has no value as most of the communication process in America has no value, but once in awhile it does have value. We try to communicate to our world the ideas and the thoughts which make up the human experience…but if they get zapped they are SOL–Shit out of Luck.
Remember when Demi Moore told her CO to suck her dick? I knew when she married the Kutcher dude it would end before she turned fifty. Not because she would not still be hot, but because the male ego would soon go back to the muscel memory of ‘variety is the spice of life’. Us males know that ‘a hard dick ain’t got no conscience’. It is like a heat seeking missile with a direction and a mind of its’ own.
The male crank is like a Border Collie. It tries to coral bios into an area so as to exploit them in a boneified way. I am not sure when the state of Ohio became a boner state, but I think it was thirty years ago. The desire to get an excited prick into a power position can not be ignored. We have now voted into office a guy who has an undeniable hard-on for my state and Cleveland especially. How did it happen? It was easy: Jimmy and Frank believed they were tough guys who would pull strings and influence people in our great city of Cleveland. They sold themselves a bill of goods which placed them in the decision making spot light of Cuyahoga County. Once it came out that they were blow-hards and not real anything, the PD had its’ way with them and gave the votes to the republican party which is bought and paid for in Ohio by the Dispatch and Underwear Boy.
The Dispatch and Underwear Boy think they own Ohio because they have taken a bunch of sheep to the wool factory for a shave. They have no idea what Cleveland is made of with its’ rust-bucket identity and its’ Lake Erie personality.
So I hogged the whole posting and commenting thing. All I want is a place where I can debate freely and not have to worry about some rich prick telling me I am out-of-bounds. I had my way tonight and I am thankful. I go to bed now knowing the world is safe and sound and that the heart is fine and beating in Cleveland, Ohio and beyond.